WORD FORMATION (FCE)

THE ANWERS FOR THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE SHOWN NEXT WEEK:

0. visitors (VISIT) to the UK are often quite surprised at just how

many 1.________   (SECURE) cameras there are. Some of these cameras

are 2._________ (PRIVATE) owned and used to watch over shops, offices

and 3._________ (INDUSTRY)  buildings when they are not in use. But the

4.________ (MAJOR) of CCTV cameras, as they are called are placed in

city centres and public buildings to 5.______  (SURE) the safety of the

general public. Local governments and the police share the

6._____________ (RESPONSIBLE)  for the camera's operation and maintenance

and for paying somebody to sit and watch at the other end.What is even more

surprising is how 7.___________ ( EFFECT) these cameras are at preventing

8.________ (CRIME) activity. According to one leading 9.__________ (POLITICS),

only three percent of crimes are solved using evidence from CCTV recordings.

Many people now think that the government could spend the same money more 10.________ (USE) on having a few extra police officers on the street.